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CW fast tracking 'Flash' series (Full costume photo and casting new in OP)
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Could do the Manhunter?
Or The Question
Or Elongated Man
Well okay, the first one does need more CG, but still!
I'm not hating on a Flash show. Just a weird statement.
Batman is clearly the best suited for the small screen of all the major DC characters. You can combine a detective/cop procedural with an action show and drama. And little to no CGI needed.
Hey I use to watch this show all the time, the timburton like intro was really darn cool
That's you ruined what little enjoyment I found in smallville, i hated the teen drama in that, far too much of it, it took me years to find out the show was related to superman most people I know still have no clue.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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It's pretty melodramatic, but how they go with the Flash could be a make it or break it for me.
I love this show partly because there are no superpowers beyond smoldering stares, occasional wooden acting, and abs. And the ability to punch and shoot arrows and shit. That's what got me intrigued. I don't much care for superpowers.
They have a great fight choreographer and the fights are always fantastic. What the fuck happens to that when you introduce budget CGI and superpowers!?
I love this show partly because there are no superpowers beyond smoldering stares, occasional wooden acting, and abs. And the ability to punch and shoot arrows and shit. That's what got me intrigued. I don't much care for superpowers.
They have a great fight choreographer and the fights are always fantastic. What the fuck happens to that when you introduce budget CGI and superpowers!?
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Considering how amazing Arrow is, this pleases me.
you so deserve the Thea expression of disapproval award.
As for Flash effects, if the 90s show could pull it off nicely, why not this show.
That Aquaman pilot wasn't too bad. And at least Justin Hartley got the Smallville gig as Ollie/Green Arrow out of it, he was always really good in that role. Never really dug the Smallville Aquaman (soon to be seen in Michael Bay's TMNT!) but Kyle Gallner played Flash and I always kinda liked him. He did look about 12 though, even in his later appearances. Dat babyface.
Smallville got really good IMO in the later seasons, last couple at least. The early showrunners loved that Clark/Lana romance and really drove it into the ground. By seasons 6 and 7 she was basically the worst character in the history of everything. Seasons 9 and 10 were written by comic book geeks so all sorts of awesome stuff got in, like that Justice Society "movie length" episode. Also PAM GRIER HECK YEAH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTUMNu28PE8
Smallville got really good IMO in the later seasons, last couple at least. The early showrunners loved that Clark/Lana romance and really drove it into the ground. By seasons 6 and 7 she was basically the worst character in the history of everything. Seasons 9 and 10 were written by comic book geeks so all sorts of awesome stuff got in, like that Justice Society "movie length" episode. Also PAM GRIER HECK YEAH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTUMNu28PE8
Razgriz-Specter
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They really should make one. exact style as Arrow but detective focused.
swap the island flashbacks to League of Shadows and other training things(Zatanna and Zatara etc)
Replace
Shado
Gordon instead of Detective Lance have other GCPD side characters like Bullock and Montoya.
Friendships with Dent and Thomas Elliot, relationship drama with Selina, Talia, Vicki Vale, etc
Bam! Batman fit for TV and CW.
If you need a Batmobile and can't with a TV budget borrow the Tumbler or 89 Batmobile from WB.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I actually like Arrow, but I couldn't stand Smallville after Season 1. The biggest problem is finding and creating foes for a young Clark. The "meteor freak" thing wore thin even during that first season, let alone for a couple after that. You can tell the writers were struggling for ideas each season, every single one has a huge set of terrible episodes. 24 episodes is a lot, it's not easy to fill with a show like that. But the witches and drawn out relationships were insufferable. Smallville just seemed to have really nice season premiers and finales, the rest was just people talking in Lex's mansion. Literally any time I'd flip past it, they were either in Lex's mansion or in a lab.
Only reason I'm able to watch Arrow is that they don't really draw anything out. Stuff that would have taken Smallville literally half or a whole season to deal with, gets addressed in Arrow very quickly. It moves at a quick pace, so its enjoyable. Which seems to be a new thing with The CW, Vampire Dairies also has quickly paced seasons.
Also I wouldn't be shocked if The Flash was Black. I have a strong inkling that someone (either the movie or tv show) is going to go in that direction with him. Flash is iconic, but he's one of those characters that I don't think people would really flip out about if you changed his race because there have been multiple people that have called themselves The Flash, just like Green Lantern. You ask someone on the street who is Batman, you get "Bruce Wayne." Same with Superman and Clark Kent. You'd be hard pressed to find someone that knows who the Flash really is. Blank slate basically, on a pop culture level.
Only reason I'm able to watch Arrow is that they don't really draw anything out. Stuff that would have taken Smallville literally half or a whole season to deal with, gets addressed in Arrow very quickly. It moves at a quick pace, so its enjoyable. Which seems to be a new thing with The CW, Vampire Dairies also has quickly paced seasons.
Also I wouldn't be shocked if The Flash was Black. I have a strong inkling that someone (either the movie or tv show) is going to go in that direction with him. Flash is iconic, but he's one of those characters that I don't think people would really flip out about if you changed his race because there have been multiple people that have called themselves The Flash, just like Green Lantern. You ask someone on the street who is Batman, you get "Bruce Wayne." Same with Superman and Clark Kent. You'd be hard pressed to find someone that knows who the Flash really is. Blank slate basically, on a pop culture level.
I wasn't even aware of its existence until this thread. It's on iTunes.
Your faith in people is admirable, but trust me: Flash as anything but a white guy is going to drive folks up a wall.
Now changing some of his supporting characters to black (except Wally, which I suppose translates to except Iris as well) would go over just fine. People may not make a big deal about changing the Rogues, for example. Emphasis on "might."
Unspeakable Evil
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Makes we wonder why nobody has given a black person super speed. 
Besides Batman Beyond female Flash.
Besides Batman Beyond female Flash.
Seems like a 3 episode arc
Imagine 3rd one will be the backdoor pilot?
https://twitter.com/FlashTVNews/status/362359288351555586
Imagine 3rd one will be the backdoor pilot?
https://twitter.com/FlashTVNews/status/362359288351555586
oh wow, Nice 3 episodes
Makes we wonder why nobody has given a black person super speed.
Besides Batman Beyond female Flash.
There's Blur from Squadron Supreme.
TDLink
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Seems like they are going for the same strategy they used with The Huntress last year. 2 episode story in the first half run of the season to introduce the character, then bring them back near the end for a follow up.
evil solrac v3.0
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Makes we wonder why nobody has given a black person super speed.
Besides Batman Beyond female Flash.
there is a black flash,Jenni Ognats, Granddaughter of Barry Allen from the 64th century.
http://www.comicvine.com/xs/4005-40802/
but she lives in the 31st century and is part of the legion of superheroes.
Unspeakable Evil
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Interesting
:Bows: at your comic book knowledgeThere's Blur from Squadron Supreme.
Edit:
Yours too.there is a black flash,Jenni Ognats, Granddaughter of Barry Allen from the 64th century.
http://www.comicvine.com/xs/4005-40802/
but she lives in the 31st century and is part of the legion of superheroes.
evil solrac v3.0
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mine is related to barry so I win! ;b
TDLink
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Yeah so 2.20 is the Flash pilot guest starring Ollie probably.
Dongs Macabre
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a black Flash
Barack Allen
GrayFoxPL
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The Flash On Arrow… Here’s The Scoop From Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns!
http://www.greenarrowtv.com/the-flash-on-arrow-heres-the-scoop/14666
warning spoilers!!
http://www.greenarrowtv.com/the-flash-on-arrow-heres-the-scoop/14666
warning spoilers!!
evil solrac v3.0
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you have awful taste and should feel bad. the Rouges are the best group of villains.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I guess if they treat him as a freak of nature and never do superpowers again, it might work.
Seriously, I really don't dig this.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Wow, that's three bad opinions in one post.
Angelus Errare
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Flash, it not even really a contest.
Superman can move faster than sound, Flash can move faster than time.
King Allant
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KernelPanic
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If a TV show in the 90s could do this I'd say the show should be fine, and I loved the 90s show.
Angelus Errare
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Shit if ANY main hero has his ethnicity changed to black people freak the fuck out, regardless of how big or small the comic series is. Hell look at the number of people who bugged the fuck out when Rue from Hunger Games was cast as a black girl....and that was a novel not a comic.
a black Flash
Danica Williams
I'm trying to imagine how they'll redesign the Flash's suit. Of all the JL members, his might be the hardest to translate to live action, I feel.
That was hilarious considering even the author said Rue was supposed to be black. Mother fuckers can't read. lol
That was hilarious considering even the author said Rue was supposed to be black. Mother fuckers can't read. lol
Unspeakable Evil
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I can see Flash's costume having sunglasses or goggles.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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They'll just do something like this:
or this
or this
I can see Flash's costume having sunglasses or goggles.
if he looks cool with it, I would not mind
Future Foundation
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???
People who get bent out of shape because people like something they don't will always be referred to as losers with too much time on their hands.
Black-Wind
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I don't get how a Flash show could work ... or even a movie.
Isn't he too fast to even get hit? How fast can he react to things if they make a movie about him or a show? Would he he massively nerfed so that people could hit him? I mean, he IS the character that saved a ton of people from a burning building, stopped for a second after someone asked where they're gonna live now, ran into a library to learn HOW to build apartment buildings, ran BACK to the scene and rebuilt them a damn building to live in in less than a few seconds. I think he also saved an island full of people from a nuke by relocating them one by one out of the blast zone ... as the nuke was going off.
I don't know what kinda "Flash" to expect from a show or Movie ...
Isn't he too fast to even get hit? How fast can he react to things if they make a movie about him or a show? Would he he massively nerfed so that people could hit him? I mean, he IS the character that saved a ton of people from a burning building, stopped for a second after someone asked where they're gonna live now, ran into a library to learn HOW to build apartment buildings, ran BACK to the scene and rebuilt them a damn building to live in in less than a few seconds. I think he also saved an island full of people from a nuke by relocating them one by one out of the blast zone ... as the nuke was going off.
I don't know what kinda "Flash" to expect from a show or Movie ...
You didn't watch enough then.
Whoa. Is that Crixus?
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Well, basically you have to nerf him from the jump. Have him be abnormally fast, then super fast, then what he basically is now. It's the only way to make things compelling. There has to be some progression to how to learns to use his abilities.
And it would make sense, learning how to use his powers in new ways over time. A lot of what the Flash can do is based of his imagination and willingness to push the envelope with his abilities. You could give someone his powers, but not many people would think to vibrate their molecules to pass through objects. You start with him being able to run across the city in a couple minutes, you end with him being able to run around the world in seconds.
Wag
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Barry is a police investigator, so they could easily work him into the show somehow (although 3 episodes seems like a stretch).
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